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2014 Lexus GX 460 Prices and Details

2014 Lexus GX 460 Prices and Details

2014 Lexus GX 460 The standard GX will carry a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $49,085, $4,710 or nearly nine percent less than the previous year; while the Luxury model which will be priced at $60,715. ... Continue reading

Free Advertising For Cooper Tires Promotion

Free Advertising For Cooper Tires Promotion

FINDLAY, Ohio--With Labor Day getaways, football road trips and holiday travel around the corner, Cooper Tire is launching its popular Take the Money & Ride® National Event August 23 through November 5. Consumers have the opportunity to take advantage of savings on select Cooper tires by receiving up to an $80 V ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Struggling To Meet High Demand for Passat Diesel Powered Models

Volkswagen Struggling To Meet High Demand for Passat Diesel Powered Models

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, August 19, 2013; The Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is pulling out all stops to meet the increasing demand for diesel versions of the Passat. The rising popularity of diesel engines is mainly due to the longer range than of cars with gas ... Continue reading

Project LIBERTY First Commercial Cellulosic Biorefinery HIRING Staff

Project LIBERTY First Commercial Cellulosic Biorefinery HIRING Staff

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is now hiring full-time, quality team members to operate its 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, which is set to open in early 2014. Project LIBERTY is a cellulosic biorefinery under construction today in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will use crop residue (corn cobs, leaves, husk, s ... Continue reading

"Who's Cheating Whom?" The Question of Counterfeit Tools

"Who's Cheating Whom?" The Question of Counterfeit Tools

GM's Bob Stewart To Address Counterfeit Tools Nov. 6 ST. The Fall 2013 General Meeting of the National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) is Wednesday, November 6, 2013 and one of the important topics on the afternoon agenda is counterfeit tools. Bob Stewart, Manager of Aftermarket Service Support for General Motors ... Continue reading

Sonic, Spark and Cruze Are Flying Into the Arms of the Young

Sonic, Spark and Cruze Are Flying Into the Arms of the Young

Chevrolet's Small Car Sales Increases 229 Percent Younger buyers coming to brand for value, technology, fuel economy and price ... Continue reading

School's Open--Keep Both Eyes Open for those School Buses!

School's Open--Keep Both Eyes Open for those School Buses!

Motorists Urged to Watch for Students, School Buses as School Year Begins Violations of School-Bus Stopping Law Carry Strong Penalties -- With a new school year beginning in Pennsylvania, motorists are urged to watch for students and school buses to prevent potentially tragic crashes and avoid strong penalties under th ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta is a Darling With Younger Car Buyers

Ford Fiesta is a Darling With Younger Car Buyers

Technology Helps Fiesta Outsell Competitive Subcompacts as Ford Sees Fastest Share Growth Among Millennials ... Continue reading

Indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems

Indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems

Bosch and NIRA Strengthen Their Cooperation ” A contract between Bosch and NIRA has recently been signed regarding the installation of the indirect tire pressure monitoring system, TPI by NIRA, into Bosch slip control systems sold worldwide. ... Continue reading

New York is Getting Ready for What's Next with the New Rav4

New York is Getting Ready for What's Next with the New Rav4

Toyota "RAV4 Ready 4 What's Next" Outdoor Event Will Hit It Out Of The Park At Citi Field August 24-25 New Yorkers can have even more fun at the ballpark this weekend thanks to all-new interactive RAV4 experience -- WHAT: Toyota "RAV4 Ready 4 What's Next," an interactive zone featuring the all-new RAV4 Limited, invites ... Continue reading

The Young Adult and the Car--A Complicated Relationship

The Young Adult and the Car--A Complicated Relationship

AutoTrader.com Study Reveals Deep Insights into how Millennials Relate to Cars "The Next Generation Car Buyer" study uncovers what millennials think about automotive brands, what they want in a car and how they want to shop for it ... Continue reading

Nissan Marches on Washington with the NAACP

Nissan Marches on Washington with the NAACP

Nissan Partners With NAACP During 50th Anniversary March on Washington Commemoration -- Nissan announced today that it will partner with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as part of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Nissan will ho ... Continue reading

"Soulful" Kia Hamsters Hit the Gym to the Sounds of Lady Gaga

"Soulful" Kia Hamsters Hit the Gym to the Sounds of Lady Gaga

KIA'a ICONIC HAMSTERS SHOW OFF A STYLISH NEW LOOK AS THEY STRUT THEIR STUFF ON THE RED CARPET IN CAMPAIGN FOR ALL-NEW 2014 SOUL ... Continue reading

2013 BMW 328i xDrive Road Trip: Philly To The Windy City

2013 BMW 328i xDrive Road Trip: Philly To The Windy City

2013 BMW 328i xDrive Road Trip: By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, New York Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_3537) Our usual go-to mode of transportation between Philadelphia and Chicago is exactly what you would think, commercial airline. My wife had some free time available and I was game to give HER new car, a 2013 BMW 328i ... Continue reading

Vehicles Full of Children's Clothes Delivered to Families in Southeast Michigan

Vehicles Full of Children's Clothes Delivered to Families in Southeast Michigan

Mopar Delivers Baby Items and Cash Donation from The Chrysler Foundation to Southeast Michigan Families In Need -- Christmas came early for a local United Way referral organization. ... Continue reading

Simon Claridge And Alfa Romeo Create Unique 'Designer Parking Spaces' In London's Premier Shopping Destination

Simon Claridge And Alfa Romeo Create Unique 'Designer Parking Spaces' In London's Premier Shopping Destination

Artist Simon Claridge and Italian car brand, Alfa Romeo, have teamed up to create London's most stylish parking spaces in the heart of the city's world famous Oxford Street shopping district. ... Continue reading

Skoda UK Fuels Fleet Team With Key New Appointments

Skoda UK Fuels Fleet Team With Key New Appointments

Skoda UK has today announced the appointment of Patrick McGillycuddy as Head of Fleet. McGillycuddy joins the brand from Vauxhall where he held the role of National Corporate Sales Manager. ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda6 And Mazda CX-5 To Lead Support Fleet At Donington Park

All-New Mazda6 And Mazda CX-5 To Lead Support Fleet At Donington Park

Mazda is proud to announce that it will be the official vehicle sponsor of Donington Park circuit for a fifth year running, providing the famous race circuit with a fleet of 10 Mazda cars. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Prepares To Reveal 53-Car Stand at IAA In Frankfurt

Volkswagen Prepares To Reveal 53-Car Stand at IAA In Frankfurt

The Volkswagen brand will be present at the 65th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main from September 12-22 with almost 9,000 square metres of exhibition space in Hall 3.0. ... Continue reading

Chevrolet's New Camaro Makes First Appearance In Europe

Chevrolet's New Camaro Makes First Appearance In Europe

At the 65th Frankfurt Motor Show, Chevrolet will debut the new Camaro convertible and coupe ... Continue reading

BMW eDrive Meets BMW xDrive

BMW eDrive Meets BMW xDrive

The new BMW X5 raises efficiency to another new level in the world of the luxurious Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV). ... Continue reading

From Toddler To Technician - Chris Grows Up With Nissan Sunderland Plant

From Toddler To Technician - Chris Grows Up With Nissan Sunderland Plant

As a toddler in the 1980s, Chris Pickbourne donned a set of specially-made overalls to star in a recruitment campaign for Nissan's rapidly-growing operations in the UK. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Offers Top Budding Engineers Exclusive Work Placements In Formula One

Infiniti Offers Top Budding Engineers Exclusive Work Placements In Formula One

Infiniti is offering performance-driven engineering graduates an exclusive opportunity to work in Formula One via a new global talent search initiative. ... Continue reading

Luxury Taken To The Next Level - The New Generation Audi A8

Luxury Taken To The Next Level - The New Generation Audi A8

Unadulterated luxury is delivered with even more elan and even greater efficiency in the new generation Audi A8, which makes its debut at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Darlington Raceway Has a New President

Darlington Raceway Has a New President

Chip Wile Named President Of Darlington Raceway -- International Speedway Corporation ("ISC") today announced that it has named Chip Wile as President of Darlington Raceway ("DAR") effective immediately. Wile accepts the role from his most recent position as Director of Business Development for the Motor Racing Network ... Continue reading

Lots of Cars--Maybe 15.6 Million Maybe Willl be Sold in 2013

Lots of Cars--Maybe 15.6 Million Maybe Willl be Sold in 2013

Crossovers, Pickup Trucks Lift August Sales Nearly 14 Percent, According To Kelley Blue Book Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Still on Track to Hit 15.6 Million Units in 2013 - New-vehicle sales are expected improve 13.6 percent in August 2013 to a total of 1.46 million units, according to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, ... Continue reading

Love Your Heart and It Will Love You Back

Love Your Heart and It Will Love You Back

"Get Your Heart Racing" Supports Groundbreaking Medical Research While fast cars, one-of-a-kind auction items and savory food are the lure of Henry Ford Health Systems' third annual "Get Your Heart Racing" fundraiser, they aren't the only lure. The real reward is the groundbreaking research, development and life saving ... Continue reading

Brains Drive Innovation at Hyundai-Kia

Brains Drive Innovation at Hyundai-Kia

Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc. Partners With The University of Michigan On Advanced Distracted Driving And Powertrain Projects Partnership places University of Michigan graduate students and professors alongside Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc. engineers on two separate, advanced vehicle technolog ... Continue reading

Is Your Lift Operator Certified?

Is Your Lift Operator Certified?

Inaugural Class of ALI Certified Lift Inspectors Includes Nine Forward Lift Affiliates -- Forward Lift's nationwide distributor and installer network now includes nine Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) Certified Lift Inspectors. These ALI Certified Lift Inspectors are qualified to provide professional inspections of any ... Continue reading

Tulips and Tesla Now Grow in the Netherlands

Tulips and Tesla Now Grow in the Netherlands

Tesla Motors Opens Assembly Plant in Tilburg, Netherlands -- Tilburg Assembly Plant scene of first Model S deliveries to Dutch, Belgian, French and German customers Having begun the first European deliveries of Model S, Tesla Motors today opened its Tilburg Assembly Plant in the presence of the Vice Governor Economic a ... Continue reading

Veterans Salute Hyundai

Veterans Salute Hyundai

Hyundai Named Best Of The Best By U.S. Veterans Magazine -- U.S. Veterans Magazine ranked Hyundai Motor America among the nation's top veteran-friendly companies. The results were announced via their 2013 Best of the Best Lists, which evaluates employment, business and supplier opportunities for returning U.S. veterans ... Continue reading

Are Young Drivers Unsafe in their Older Cars

Are Young Drivers Unsafe in their Older Cars

Though affordable, first cars often lack important safety features for new drivers Getting behind the wheel of your first car is a memorable event, especially for younger people. Yet inexperience brings higher risk, so new teen drivers need all the safety advantages they can get, and the latest poll from PEMCO Insuranc ... Continue reading

Steelworkers Have Decided that They Will Continue to Make Tires

Steelworkers Have Decided that They Will Continue to Make Tires

Steelworkers Ratify Contract with Goodyear Four-Year Agreement Improves Wages, Enhances Job and Retirement Security -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that union members have ratified a new, four-year collective bargaining agreement with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company that covers about 8,500 workers at ... Continue reading

When Will You Be Chauffered By Your Own Car?

When Will You Be Chauffered By Your Own Car?

Experts Predict When Cars Will Drive Autonomously During LA Auto Show/Connected Car Expo Press Days November 19-21 LA Auto Show's Connected Car Expo to feature exhibits, breaking news and leading experts focused on the convergence of technology and the automobile --The discussion on self-driving cars has shifted from " ... Continue reading

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